The UK Publishes Its Biomass Policy Statement Late last year, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a biomass policy statement providing a ‘strategic view on the role of sustainable biomass’ in achieving net zero. The policy statement contains a ‘strict biomass sustainability criteria,’ to ensure that the process of burning biomass...Read More
COP26: A Recap Late last year, the UK hosted the United Nations 26th climate change annual summit ‘Conference of the Parties’ (COP26) in Glasgow. This involved bringing together more than 100 world leaders and tens of thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens across twelve days of talks. So what was achieved? There were...Read More
Healthcare in a post-COP26 World Given the social, political and economic momentum created in the run up to, and during, the United Nations 26th climate change annual summit ‘Conference of the Parties’ (COP26) in Glasgow, how will this all impact the healthcare sector in 2022 and beyond? As a starting point, it is estimated that...Read More
Looking to the Future – Can We Keep Up? The Healthcare sector, both in the UK and globally, has been presented with some tremendous challenges over the past 24 months but continues to develop, improvise and expand at an impressive rate. As services are expected to deliver more, for less, more rapidly and with increased...Read More
The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund As part of the Heat and Buildings Strategy, a further £800m of funding has recently been committed as part of the second wave of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, which will allow social landlords and social housing managers to apply for grants to carry out energy efficient upgrades to their...Read More
Mental Health and Technology in 2022 In early February, Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, ran their annual ‘Time to Talk Day’ in the UK, with focus on creating supporting communities for people to have conversations with family, friends and colleagues about their mental health. This is in the context of some alarming facts and figures...Read More
Looking Ahead to 2022 and Beyond Social Housing as a sector will undoubtedly remain a key social, political and environmental issue in 2022. As the Archbishop of Canterbury highlighted in the run up to Christmas 2021, the UK has many critical challenges to overcome to provide safe and affordable housing for all. The influence of...Read More
What The 2021 Budgets & Levelling Up White Paper Will Mean For The Social Housing Sector Although the Autumn Budget seems a long time ago, it is important to consider what was announced and how this may impact the sector moving forward. Two key areas of focus included the £11.5 billion investment commitment through the...Read More
What is Net Zero? In October 2021, the UK Government released its Net Zero Strategy to “Build Back Greener” which was presented to Parliament, pursuant to Section 14 of the Climate Change Act 2008. This strategy highlights the Government’s long-term plan to end the UK’s contribution to man-made climate change by 2050. What is Net...Read More
Affordable Housing: More Crucial Than Ever With inflation at a 30 year high, pushing past 5% in the last 12 months to December 2021, rapidly rising energy costs, including Ofgem announcing that average energy prices will go up by £693 a year in April 2022, and it becoming increasingly difficult for working families to afford...Read More
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